Home of the web’s best political conversation If you’ve been Working 9 to 5, or longer, why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. If you’re a lurker, why not delurk tonight? The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) Antifrank looks at the Lab battleground. Antifrank looks at the Lib Dem battleground. Why changing leader now  WILL save the Lib Dems…
Home of the web’s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. If you’re Waiting for Tonight to delurk, then delurk. After you delurk, you’ll be Feelin’ So Good. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) Antifrank looks at the Conservative Battleground. Shadsy: Tory Leadership Contests – a betting history Politicians may slug it out, but their distance from the electorate is…
Labour retakes the lead, whilst the Lib Dems hit a record equalling low with ICM. As we can see, there’s not a lot for the three established Westminster parties to cheer about in this poll, whilst Labour will delighted to regain the lead with the Gold Standard of British Polling, both their lead and their share of the vote, isn’t that impressive, by contrast, in June 2009, David Cameron’s Tories were polling 39% and had a 12% lead over Labour….
Home of the web’s best political conversation If you’re experiencing a Night Fever, why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. Whether you’re a poster or whether you’re a lurker, why not post on Nighthawks tonight. It’ll be a Tragedy if some lurkers don’t delurk. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) Fabian research shows how “Ukip effect†threatens Labour –…
Home of the web’s best political conversation If you Just Can’t Get Enough of PB, why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. If you’re a lurker, why not delurk,  you might Enjoy The Silence of lurking, but you’ll enjoy posting even more. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) Antifrank: The latest election round: what have we learned about UKIP? Part…
YouGov asked If David Cameron were to step down as leader of the Conservative Party, which of the following do you think would make the best leader? It doesn’t make for good reading for Michael Gove, not too bad Theresa May, and good for Boris. It is interesting, Boris leads Theresa May on every demographic in the graphic above and every age group except on the over 60s, and it’s a tie between Boris and May on females. A couple of caveats, there’s…
Mail on Sunday front page – “Tory bloodbath over Muslim schools fiasco†#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/VrCxEe5xSK — Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) June 7, 2014 Today’s front pages don’t make great reading for the Tories, and in particular Theresa May or Michael Gove. The Sunday Times reports (££) The row exposed deep rifts within the cabinet. Two cabinet ministers accused May of running a “tiresome†and “obvious†leadership campaign, picking a fight with Gove to boost her hopes of succeeding Cameron if he…
As we can see with this poll, the trend we’ve seen with some other pollsters since the local and European elections, Labour’s lead appears to be widening, UKIP’s support appears to be solid, whilst for the Lib Dems they hit their lowest share with this pollster since July 2013. The fieldwork was before the Newark by-election. The following graph, shows the responses to the following question, Thinking about the current state of the UK economy, would you say it is. The…